Martamp/Ceriatone Plexi!!!

[horsehead]

Good news that Sambo, hope everything is now going well & if you want (and are anywhere near yorkshire) you can use my MAtamp cab to test it properly

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Now playing: AC/DC - High Voltage (Live)
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[Twinfan]

Top stuff Sam - turned out to just be a faulty valve then?  A pain in the backside, but one of those things that can happen.

Martin's actually bought a valve tester now so he can check things more thoroughly before they go out...

I think I'd prefer "even" more thoroughly!  :D  

Not sure a valve tester would have helped in this case, as the glass of the valve had cracked at the base, caused (probably) by the speaker cable being intermittent (actually completely o/c when we first powered the amp back up), thus leading to severe overheating and weakening of the envelope. It's also possible this was a structurally weaker or damaged valve, but not likely IMO.
In any case, my normal procedure of running the amp into a dummy load with a sine wave, measuring it's clean output power, checking all the appropriate voltages and playing the amp is pretty rigorous. The tester will help with matching, and detecting the very rare electronically weaker valve.

Glad it's all sorted out now Sambo, and good to meet you.

OK then, EVEN more thoroughly  ;)

Sorry I did you a dis-service matey, I didn't mean to imply you didn't test things before they went out  :oops:

[martinw]

:lol: Just kidding.  

[sambo]

Sorry I did you a dis-service matey, I didn't mean to imply you didn't test things before they went out  :oops:

Yeah just to clarify that- the amp was perfect when it arrived. The guilty party is probably my mate who lent me the suspect speaker cable!    :oops:



Cheers Beatle and Horsehead. Unfortunately not near Yorkshire mate, otherwise I would take you up on that offer!



Cheers Martin, you too. And let me know when you get those pics up on the website- quite looking forward to seeing them :)

[sgmypod]

glad to hear all is alright

[horsehead]

Well your welcome anytime :)

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[Johnny Mac]

What a great looking amp!
I hope you enjoy it, a good amp is an instrument in itself.
Great customer service too!
 :D

[bucketshred]

So... How does this sound then?

Paddy

[sambo]

A lot like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVzBNIi_Tpw